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Were my Hands strengthened to enable me to act I would
not despair of retrieving this Misfortune, and to wrest out
of the Hands of the ffrench this important post that by a
Series of bad Circumstances has fall'n too easy a prey to
them.
I must in the strongest manner and from Motives of the
most interesting Nature demand your Assistance, and that of
your Province, his Majesty having been graciously pleased to
send over to America, a Number of Officers for the Service
of these Countries his Royal American Regiment of four
Battalions, does expect that the Colonies will supply the
Levies for this Regiment the State of the Service does now
require that this Regiment should be immediately compleated.
there is no Aid you could send me in any Shape would be
so useful as Recruits to compleat this Regiment, as under
such good Officers as his Majesty has appointed to it, they
would be soon if not directly fit for Service.
The Levy Money is in all Justice and Right expected of
the Colonies, but if Obstructions to the Service should arise
within your province on this Head, I must at this time under-
take to advance it.
I do therefore again in the strongest manner desire of you
and your province that you will without fail as you shall
answer for the Consequences use your utmost Endeavours to
procure and send me a Number of such Recruits, If I had
this Regiment compleated directly I should hope to be able to
act and remove those dangerous Circumstances, under which
his Majesty's Colonies do now labour, in consequence of his
Majesty's positive Orders, I must require of you to lay a
prohibition on the Exportation of all manner of provisions,
as the sending out such at this time will not only supply the
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